Hezbollah’s Missiles: A Brilliant Madness?
February 5, 2012 by Mohammad I. Aslam
Ehud Barak with IDF Commanders. Ariel Hermoni/IDF
The Hezbollah movement in Lebanon, whose violent opposition to Israel’s right to exist remains firmly intact, has been stepping up its incessant preparations for war in recent months, clearly unfazed by the intensity of the military projections that Israel could unleash on them and their country, in a future conflict
The most recent reports coming from the region suggest that the movement, fearing the eventual demise of its long-time ally, Syria, has been helping itself to vast quantities of sophisticated military equipment belonging to the Syrian military.
Hariri Indictments: The view from South Beirut
August 18, 2011 by Mohammad I. Aslam
Rafiq Hariri in his Parisian home in 1992. Image via Ammar Abd Rabbo
Finally, the long awaited but highly politicised 47-page indictments were released.
The United Nations Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) took two and half years of painstaking investigations, more than 120 million US dollars in budget and United Nations Security Council endorsement for its work to eventually culminate into the findings that the STL presented. It had issued arrest warrants back in June calling for four Lebanese suspects it says were involved in the assassination of former Premier Rafik Hariri in 2005.
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